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Graduated from UT, BA biology, in 1993. I worked as a lab tech, conducting research on Lake Erie from 1994 to 1995. In '95 I sold everything I owned, loaded my truck, dog, and all backpacking gear and traveled for a year out west and throughout Brittish Columbia. After that I met up with friends from college, (and fellow activists) in Arizona. We attended an activist conference (after spending a month in the back country) and joined an activist collective called Seeds of Peace. I spent the next 2 1/2 years traveling to various events throughout the US. Between actions I spent my time working on a 40 acre permaculture project in the high desert. I ended up in California, where I learned to train horses using natural horsemanship, and taught at a small non-public school for students with autism. I spent most of my time working with my rescued arab mare, originally deemed 'unadoptable' due to safety issues. Within 2 years she was the most reliable partner, able to win all trail riding trials that could be thought up. I met my husband at the ranch I trained at. We were married and lived at the ranch for the next three years. We moved back to Michigan in 2004, where my mare died due to vaccination issues. We moved back to Santa Cruz in 2006. in 2010 I got divorced, and it has just been my daughter, me, a dog, cat and rat making up our family since. I now teach biology at a high school in East San Jose. I absolutely love teaching.
